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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Profligate

/prŏʹflĭgət/ · Prof·li·gate · IPA /ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət/
01 a. Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
  1. 1.
    Overthrown; beaten; conquered.[Obs.]
    “The foe is profligate, and run.” — Hudibras.
  2. 2.
    Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
    “A race more profligate than we.” — Roscommon.
    “Made prostitute and profligate muse.” — Dryden.
Syn. Abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved; vicious; wicked. See Abandoned.
02 n. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
  1. 1.
    An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
03 v. t. To drive away; to overcome.
  1. 1.
    To drive away; to overcome.[Obs.]